As recently as 25 years ago in the US, 24-hour businesses were rare, hours in general were much shorter (way fewer places open 'till 10pm or what have you) and

As recently as 25 years ago in the US, 24-hour businesses were rare, hours in general were much shorter (way fewer places open 'till 10pm or what have you) and damn near everything was shut down on holidays or even just Sundays. This always-open, open-all-holidays, business-runs-7-days-a-week thing is relatively new, even here. The change happened really fast, though, when it started.